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alluded to (Sj) has the ground very clear and the markings almost 
black. — Wm. Farren, Cambridge. October 6 ih, 1891. [My want of 
exact knowledge about this species makes me bow to the opinion 
expressed by my friend Mr. Barrett, but I am still rather dissatisfied 
with the determination, and trust Mr. Farren will be in a position to 
give us further information next year, especially regarding its early 
stages. — E d.] 
Abundance of Bombyx rubi larv/E. — Larvce of Bombyx rubi are 
very common here this year, about five persons having obtained 300, 
and without having searched more than three times each ; the best 
time to find them appears to be in the early morning with a heavy 
dew. — A. A. Bradburne, Brockhurst, Church Stretton. 
Erratum. — At the beginning of my notes on collecting in Bedford- 
shire {Efit. Record^ vol. ii., p. 206), for Liparis chrysorrhcea read Liparis 
auriflua. — D. H. S. Steuart, North Leigh, Prestwick, Lancashire. 
October Sth, 1891. 
SOCIETIES. 
Entomological Society of London. — November 1891. — Mr. 
W. F. Kirby exhibited a series of a very dark-coloured form of Apis 
reared by Mr. John Hewett of Sheffield, from bees imported from 
Tunis, and which he proposed to call “ Punic Bees.” 'fhey were 
larger than the black Apis unicolor^ Latr., of Mauritius and Bourbon, 
and were almost entirely black, except in the legs, which were of a 
more or less reddish colour. Mr. C. G. Barrett exhibited five melanic 
specimens of Aplecta 7 iebuldsa^ reared by Mr. Collins of Warrington, 
from larvae collected in Delamere Forest, Cheshire, and described by 
him in the “ Proceedings of the Lancashire and Cheshire Natural 
History Society” as A. 7 iebulosa var. robso/ii, in honour of Mr. John 
E. Robson of Hartlepool. Mr. Barrett also exhibited a beautiful 
variety of Argyimis ag/aia, taken in Norfolk by Dr. F. D. Wheeler, and 
two specimens (male and female) of Lyccc 7 ia argiades, taken in August, 
1885, on Bloxworth Heath, Dorsetshire, by ]\Ir. C. O. and Mr. A. 
Pickard Cambridge respectively. Mr. H. St. John Donisthorpe ex- 
hibited a collection of Coleoptera, comprising about thirty-six species, 
made in a London granary in 1890 and 1891. The genera represented 
included Spfiodrus^ Pristo 7 iycims, Calathus, Qitedius, Creophilus, 0 ))ia- 
liu 77 i^ T 7 'ogosita, Siiva 7 ws, Lathridius, Der 77 iestes^ A 7 ithre 7 ius, Cory 7 ietes^ 
Ptmus, Niptus, A)wbiu 7 n^ Blaps, Tenebrio^ Cahmdra, Bruchiis^ etc. 
Mr. A. B. Farn exhibited a series of specimens of Eubolia Imeolata^ 
bred from eggs laid by a specimen taken at Yarmouth. The series 
included several remarkable and beautiful varieties, and the size of the 
specimens was much above the average. The Rev. Dr. Walker ex- 
hibited specimens of Argy 7 uiis mo^ A. pales and A. frigga, from 
Norway. Mr. B. A. Bower exhibited, for Mr. J. Gardner, specimens 
of Nephopieryx sple 7 ididella^ H.-S., Botys lupuli/ialis, Clk. and Bryo- 
iropJia obsairella^ Hein., taken at Hartlepool last June and August. 
Mr. R. Adkin exhibited two very dark specimens of Pero 7 iea C 7 'istana^ 
from the New Forest. Colonel C. Swinhoe exhibited, and remarked 
on, types of genera and species of moths belonging to the Tineina, all 
